Meet Our Team
Middletown Leadership Team
Jennifer Stetson | Director
Growing up in Florida, Jenn's earliest artistic interest was in dance. Jenn graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts where she concentrated in ceramics. After relocating to New Jersey with her husband, dance and ceramics remained as a focus of her creative activities. Jenn built a career in management where she educated and developed talent, maintained customer loyalty, and effectively led teams to accomplish personal and corporate goals. As part of a desire to return back to her love of art, Jenn found One River. Now she hopes to help associates experience the best possible work environment, provide students of all ages the opportunity to explore art in a fun way, and continue to strengthen the relationship between the school and the community.
Angela Slattery | Assistant Director of Education
Angela Slattery received her BA in Studio Art from Manhattanville College. She specializes in both mixed media and digital media. She has been doing commission work for over 7 years and participated in awarded exhibitions including the Grebstiend Award and Fagen Award. Angela believes art is an outlet for mental health and utilizes art to advocate for a healthier lifestyle.
In-Studio Educators
Perri Polyviou
Perri Polyviou graduated from Montclair State University with a BFA degree in Illustration. They have been working with children for 6 years and teaching art for 2 years. Their favorite medium is colored pencils, but they also enjoy working in oil paint, watercolors, markers, and digitally. Perri loves working at One River because they get to encourage their students' creativity, wonder, and artistic expression.
Christina Brancella
Christina Brancella graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, where she majored in 2D animation. She has worked with children and adults of all ages for 10 years while also working as a freelance artist and small art business owner. She truly enjoys working in all different mediums, but has a passion for digital art. Christina loves working at One River because she not only gets to help the next generation of artists find their own creative voice and style while helping them nurture their artistic talents. Christina also finds that being in a creative space like One River helps her students connect and develop their creative ideas. When she is not working at One River, you can find her at the beach or relaxing near water.
Nicole DeBarberie
Nicole DeBarberie is a passionate artist and a NJ state-certified teacher of the arts. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in NYC and completed her graduate studies with an MAT from the Monmouth University School of Education. Her accolades include the SVA Chairman’s Merit Award, Graduate Fellowship Award, and she was a NJ Distinguished Student Teacher Award nominee. With a dedicated passion for the process of creative problem-solving, artistic exploration, and over 15 years of teaching experience, her students have spanned the ages of 3 to 83 years old. Nicole loves teaching and writing curriculum for One River because she can utilize her art therapy background to tailor instruction to diverse learning styles, striving to motivate students of all abilities and skill levels. Nicole specializes in ink, pastel, charcoal, watercolor, and mixed media.
Katie Hodges
Katie Hodges graduated from Montclair State University with a BFA in Illustration in 2024. She works in a variety of mediums but acrylic paint and colored pencils together are her favorite. Her art primarily focuses on fantasy illustrations, and she draws lots of inspiration from TCGs like Magic The Gathering. She is very enthusiastic about working at One River because she gets to inspire a new generation of artists with her experience that she's picked up along the way!
Amber Manoski
Amber Manoski is an artist and educator who received her BFA in Illustration from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Since 2017, Amber has been an arts educator and a freelance illustrator/animator. While she primarily works digitally, she finds joy in exploring a variety of artistic mediums from project to project. Amber’s personal art practice delves into themes of memory, home, and identity. She approaches these topics with a blend of humor and sensitivity. Outside of art education, Amber also works as a teaching assistant at her local elementary school helping students with reading, writing, and math. When she's not creating or teaching you can find her shopping for plants and silly knick knacks for her home, or hanging out with her lovely tuxedo cat, Luna.
Miles Maffei
Miles Maffei graduated from Montclair University in 2023 with a BFA in Animation and Illustration. Miles works both digitally and traditionally in his own art practice. He finds joy experimenting within a variety of mediums such as clay, resin, and woodworking. He primarily works on comics and cartooning. Themes of childhood, humor, and fun come up frequently in his work. He is inspired by his love of 1930s-40s era golden age of animation and grandpa movies like Sunset Blvd. Miles takes pride in contributing to the passionate community at One River. He enjoys collaborating and problem solving with students to help them achieve their artistic goals.
Victoria Nikolovski
Victoria Nikolovski is currently pursuing her BFA in Painting and Design at Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of Art and Design. Victoria has been a part of the One River School team where she works as an admin, teacher’s assistant, and teacher. Victoria primarily enjoys painting but dabbles in other physical media once in a while. Victoria tends to gravitate towards realism painting with subtle elements of surrealism, in a dreamlike way. Color plays a vital role in Victoria’s work with vivid and expressive colors. Animals, especially cats, are a recurring motif throughout her art. One of the aspects Victoria values most about teaching at One River is the opportunity to connect with the young artists who are genuinely enthusiastic about learning and growing in their practice. She loves seeing their progress and the unique ways in which they express themselves through art. Their energy and openness for experimentation inspire her to continue evolving in her own practice. She feels most fulfilled when she sees her students grow in confidence and in their creativity, she strives to create a fun and supportive atmosphere. When she is not creating, Victoria finds joy in listening to a bunch of music and being around loved ones (especially her three cats)!
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